The Korean giant shipped 77.5 million units in 4Q16, down from the 81.7 million units shipped last holiday quarter.
The Korean giant ships the device with a snap - on charging cradle, which is very similar to the one found on the Gear 2 and way better than the one which came with the Galaxy Gear.
Not exact matches
The South
Korean tech
giant will be selling the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) directly through its official website and no pre-order period is planned for the tablet which will presumably start
shipping to consumers the moment they buy it online, starting next week.
The
Korean tech
giant isn't saying much about what this 98 - inch monster will offer or when it
ships, but it's safe to say that this won't be an impulse purchase when Sharp's 8K screen costs about $ 130,000.
Samsung is the only supplier of OLED screens for the iPhone X, and the South
Korean giant is expected to
ship up to 200 million units this year alone.
According to the report by industry tracker Strategy Analytics, the South
Korean tech
giant shipped 24 million units in the local market during the fourth quarter of 2017, reports Yonhap news agency.
The Galaxy S8
ships with Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box and is expected to receive Android 8.0 Oreo by early 2018, though it remains to be seen whether Samsung updates it to a newer Nougat build in the meantime, with Android 7.1 reportedly being in the testing by the South
Korean tech
giant.
At the time of this writing, the South
Korean tech
giant is estimated to
ship over 300 million OLED panels per year.
Major competitor Apple is, however, still behind the
Korean giant and
shipped 153.4 million iPhones in 2013 which captured 15.3 percent of market share.
The South
Korean smartphone
giant is planning to start
shipping the Galaxy Note 8 to early adopters starting September 15, while the device will be readily available for purchase on September 21.
Samsung Galaxy S7 was expected to
ship with the latest USB Type - C technology, however, the South
Korean giant chose to stick with a micro-USB port.